Chag HaBanot 9744 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 13504
North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️
Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 13504 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.
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Dates for Chag HaBanot
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot 9741 | 30 Kislev 13501 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9742 | 1 Tevet 13502 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9743 | 30 Kislev 13503 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9744 | 30 Kislev 13504 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9745 | 30 Kislev 13505 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9746 | 30 Kislev 13506 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9747 | 1 Tevet 13507 | ||
| Chag HaBanot 9748 | 30 Kislev 13508 |
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- “Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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